Dilithium

In Star Trek Online, Dilithium is a major form of currency predominantly earned and used in the end game. Players can use dilithium to purchase various things ranging from new ships when the player reaches a new rank to new weapons (Space and ground), deflectors and shields, and via crafting materials.

It is a time-based currency (~480 per 15 minutes of gameplay according to Cryptic) in that it is obtained from certain missions, mostly repeatable every 20 hours, that require time for a player to complete. The currency is given out as dilithium ore, which must be refined (up to 8000 per day) using the ship's Inventory Asset tab.

Dilithium can only be traded to other players for Zen via the Dilithium Exchange (Located in the More menu via the down-arrow, on the mini-map. It is also possible to set a keybind in the options menu to permit direct access via keystroke). Trade values are restricted to 50-500 refined dilithium per Zen.

For a list of NPCs that sell items to buy with dilithium,
see the List of vendors accepting Dilithium by merchandise type

For a general list of NPCs selling items see the Vendors category list.

Missions

Foundry

• Dilithium is automatically rewarded based on the average playtime of a user-generated mission - Ca. 480 per 15 minutes
• Once every 15 hours, the first spotlight mission completed in that time frame will get a bonus 1440
• “Investigate Officer Reports (Repeatable)” - 960

Authors of user-generated missions can also be donated 25, 50 or 100 (refined!) by any player who completes their missions.

Academy Lore mission

• “History 102: Alpha Quadrant Midterm” - 480
• “Learning the Lore of the Empire” - 480

Borg Invasion

• Borg Deep Space Incursions - 480 (per day and sector block)

Beta Ursae Daily

• “Asteroid Mining” - variable outcome, several hundred  : Maximum 1000 (2025 with mining event)
• “Dilithium Mining Claim” - variable outcome, several hundred  : Maximum 5000 (10,001 with mining event)
• “Fleet Dilithium Mining” - variable outcome, several hundred  : Maximum depends on Fleet Dilithium Mine Tier Lvl (? with mining event)

Eta Eridani Daily

• Tholian Incursion on Nukara Prime
  • “Mineral Matters” - 640
  • “Thinning the Hive” (250 kills) - 640
• “Traelus System - Satellite Repair” - 480
• “Sh'mar - Distress Signal” - 480
• “Defense Contract” - 480

Orellius Daily

• “Aiding the Deferi (Daily)” - 1440
• “Rescue Deferi Captives (Daily)” - 480
• “Emancipation (Daily)” - 480

Pi Canis Daily

• “Pi Canis - Path of the Warrior” - 2400
  • “Pi Canis Sortie Alpha” - 960 [available every 30 minutes]
  • “Pi Canis Sortie Bravo” - 960 [available every 30 minutes]

Tau Dewa Daily

• New Romulus
  • “Beginning of a New Future” - 320
  • “New Romulus: Staging Area” - 480
  • “New Romulus: Vastam Peaks” - 480
  • “New Romulus: The Atlai” - 480
  • “New Romulus: Paehhos Crater” - 480
  • “New Romulus: Hwael Ruins” - 480
  • “New Romulus: Warehouse” - 480
  • “New Romulus: Mountain Base” - 480
  • “New Romulus: Overgrown Caves” - 480
  • “New Romulus: The Power Source” - 480
• “Tholian Red Alert Event (Daily)” - 480 (+ 30 )
• Nimbus III
  • “On the Desert Front” - 480
  • “Creatures of the Desert” - 380-680
  • “Orion Contraband” - 480

Solanae Dyson Sphere

• Ground Battlezone missions
  • Up to 60 per point capture
  • Up to 3600? for assisting in defeating all 3 V-Rex bosses
  • “Secure Voth Points” - 50 , 960
  • “Call in Reinforcements at Captured Points” - 25 , 480
  • “Acquire Battlezone Command Credits” - 10 , 240
  • “Defeat Voth in the Battlezone” - 0–960
• Undine Battlezone missions
  • Up to 60 per point capture
  • Up to 300? for defeating a Planet Killer boss
  • Up to ???? bonus for assisting in defeating all 3 Planet Killer bosses

Reputation

• “Secrets of the Ancients” - 32,000
• “Nukara Strike Force Resources” - 32,000
• “Task Force Omega Tier 5” - 9,000

Fleet Action

Fleet actions reward 480 for space, and 640 for ground maps. There is also a daily mission for a random fleet action rewarding 960 and 50 .

• “Starbase 24” - 480
• “Slowing the Expeditionary Force” - 480
• “Halting the Gorn Advance” - 480
• “The Big Dig” - 640
• “Breaking the Planet” - 640
• “Punch Through the Federation Blockade” - 480

PvP and global PvE

• “Hostile Engagements Against Enemy Leaders” - 1440
• “Removing Enemy Secret Headquarters” - 1440
• “Pacify Enemy Heroes (Daily)” - 1440
• “Pacify Enemy Leaders (Vice Admiral - Daily)” - 1440
• “Reclaim the Neutral Zone (Daily)” - 1440
• “Restore the Neutral Zone (Vice Admiral - Daily)” - 1440
• “To the Front Lines (Vice Admiral - Daily)” - 1440
• “Claiming Enemy Reserves (Daily)” - 1440
• “Claiming Enemy Emergency Reserves (Lt. General - Daily)” - 1440
• “Dominate the Leaders of the Enemy (Daily)” - 1440
• “Dominate the Heroes of the Enemy (Lt. General - Daily)” - 1440
• “Raze Enemy Headquarters (Daily)” - 1440
• “Raze Enemy Secret Headquarters (Lt. General - Daily)” - 1440
• “Seizing Enemy Emergency War Reserves” - 1440
• “Storming Enemy Secret Headquarters” - 1440
• “Ship Killer - Starfleet” - 480
• “The Most Dangerous Game - Space” - 480
• “The Most Dangerous Game - Ground” - 480
• “A Good Day To Die - Ground” - 480
• “A Good Day To Die - Space” - 480
• “Good Luck Charm” - 480
• “Turret Killer” - 480
• “Captain Killer - Starfleet” - 480
• “Captain Killer - Klingons” - 480

Empire Defense

• “Empire Defense: Borg” - 1440
• “Empire Defense: Cardassians” - 1440
• “Empire Defense: Federation” - 1440
• “Empire Defense: Romulans” - 1440

Special Task Force

Special Task Force missions reward 480 on normal, and 960 on elite difficulty.

• “The Cure Found” - 480/960 (normal/elite)
• “The Cure Applied” - 480/960 (normal/elite)
• “Infected: The Conduit” - 480/960 (normal/elite)
• “Infected: Manus” - 480/960 (normal/elite)
• “Khitomer Vortex” - 480/960 (normal/elite)
• “Khitomer in Stasis” - 480/960 (normal/elite)
• “Into the Hive” - 480/960 (normal/elite)
• “Hive Onslaught” - 480/960 (normal/elite)

Missions no longer rewarding dilithium

• “Explore Strange New Worlds” - 1440
• “We Need Breathing Room (Daily)” - 1440
• “Academy Event” - Roughly 1500-3000 on average (up to 6900 with luck)
• “Vault Shuttle Event” - 480
• “Chart the B'Tran Cluster (Vice Admiral - Daily)” - 1440
• “Salvage Dispute (Repeatable)” - 1440 [available for 10 [Computer Core Fragment]]

Duty Officer Assignments

Most Duty Officer Assignments provide a small amount of Dilithium (usually between 5 to 50 with 125 on critical success) and a few provide larger quantities.

• “Turn Over Confiscated Contraband” - 2000
• “Experiment with Feasibility of Assassination Utilizing Telekinesis” - 1000
• “Execute Mutineers” - 750
• “Relocate Colonists” - 500
• “Transport Settlers” - 500
• “Grant Passage To Colonists” - 500 (1500 on Critical Success)
• “Execute Changeling Spy” - 500
• “Consign Prisoners to Colonial Labor Battalion” - 1000
• “Deliver Prototype Technology to Allies in Gamma Quadrant” - 1000 (4000 on Critical Success)

Reputation System Projects

All projects rewarding 800 or 2000 reputation points give 140 or 340 , respectively. There are also special projects which grant more dilithium:

• 8472 Counter-Command: "Provide Isomorphic Injections to 8472 Counter-Command" - 1000
• 8472 Counter-Command: "Ongoing Efforts Against the Undine" - 500
• Dyson Joint Command: "Provide Cybernetic Implant Samples to Dyson Joint Command" - 1000
• Dyson Joint Command: "Ongoing Efforts Against the Voth" - 500
• New Romulus: "Ongoing Diplomatic Efforts" - 500
• Nukara Strikeforce: "Ongoing Strikeforce Aid" - 500
• Task Force Omega: "Elite Special Task Force Completion" - 1000
• Task Force Omega: "Ongoing War Efforts" - 500

Redemption

Gear

• Federation - Lt. Commander Arut, Earth Spacedock Requisitions, Vulcan Sector, Sirius Sector Block.
• Federation - Lt. Commander Ophlim, Earth Spacedock Requisitions, Vulcan Sector, Sirius Sector Block.
• Klingon - Challenge Floor (northeast), First City, Qo'noS Sector, Omega Leonis Sector Block.

Ships

• Federation - Lt. Laurel, Earth Spacedock Starship Requisitions, Vulcan Sector, Sirius Sector Block.
• Federation - Eclia, Deep Space 9 Docking Ring, Bajor Sector, Beta Ursae Sector Block.
• Federation - Dant Kroll, Deep Space K-7 Shipyard, Aldebaren Sector, Eta Eridani Sector Block.
• Federation - Shuttle Requisitions Officer, Starbase 39-Sierra Shipyard, Sierra Sector, Alpha Centauri Sector Block.
• Klingon - Bekk Strenn, First City, Qo'noS Sector, Omega Leonis Sector Block.

Duty Officers

Lt. Ferra at Starfleet Academy and Lt. S'stas at Klingon Academy are selling Duty Officers of Uncommon and higher quality for Dilithium.

Season 5 Conversion

For Season 5, players had many currencies converted to dilithium (at the following rates, up to the first 160,000 dilithium):

• Emblems (336 dilithium)
• Mark of Honor, Mark of Exploration, Mark of Valor (201.6 dilithium)
• All five Badges of Exploration and all five Medals (13.44 dilithium)
• Merits and Honor (0.168 dilithium)

References

• Dilithium 101
• Path to F2P Dev Blog #7: Dilithium
• Path to F2P Dev Blog #11: The New Economy
• Path to F2P Dev Blog #16: Dilithium Exchange

See also

• Energy credits
• Gold-Pressed Latinum
• Cryptic Points

External links

• Dilithium at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
• Dilithium at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek Wiki.

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